Arsene's a busy man! Wenger wants Manolas, Carvalho AND Khedira with Podolski out

ARSENAL are lining up the Olympiakos defender Kostas Manolas to replace Thomas Vermaelen.

But Arsene Wenger is set to lose World Cup winning striker Lukas Podolski, who is set to join Juventus on an initial season’s loan.

With Vermaelen joining Barcelona a fortnight ago, Gunners boss Wenger has made a £6million bid for centre-back Manolas, who featured for Greece at this summer’s World Cup and also played in the Champions League last season.

The 23-year-old has also attracted interest from Manchester United, Napoli and Juventus but Wenger remains favourite to land him.

Podolski, meanwhile, is set to join Juventus after pulling out of the squad for yesterday evening’s clash with Everton at Goodison.

German Podolski has found himself as the Gunners’ fifth choice striker – behind new signing Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud, Yaya Sanogo and Joel Campbell.